The first half of this drama chronicles the criminal investigation; the concluding half, the trial. This was an ambitious but ill-fated 90-minute series; NBC made the concept work spectacularly well, in an hourlong format, nearly 30 years later with `Law & (more…)The first half of this drama chronicles the criminal investigation; the concluding half, the trial. This was an ambitious but ill-fated 90-minute series; NBC made the concept work spectacularly well, in an hourlong format, nearly 30 years later with `Law & Order.'